PECTORAL CROSSES BY MASTER I. V. ZAKHAROVA (19TH CENTURY)

Pavel V. Bochkov

Interregional Academy of Personnel Management, The rector of the church of St. Bows of the Archbishop of Krasnoyarsk, Norilsk, Russia

Email: frpavel@inbox.ru

ORCID: 0000-0002-3218-6706

Issue: № 2 (22), 2023

Pages: 117

Annotation

The article deals with the history of the unusual acquisition of pectoral crosses, unique in their kind, which came out of the workshop of a talented master jeweler I. V. Zakharov, who lived and worked in Moscow in the second half of the 19th century. Their detailed description and technical parameters are given. The award pectoral cross, which is actually also a reliquary cross, has a special reduced appearance and stands out for its parameters and style against the background of silver pectoral crosses produced on the territory of the Russian Empire in the second half of the 19th century. The lack of information about these crosses in the well-known catalogs of jewelry church art and the unusual meeting of two creations of one master after more than 100 years indicates that not all unique works of jewelry were seized during the years of Soviet power from the Church and believers, and then resold or melted down. Until now, there are evidence of the careful preservation and use of shrines for the direct liturgical purpose, acquired and carefully preserved by generations of believers in incredible ways.

Keywords

Pectoral priestly cross, church jewelry art, reliquary cross

For citation

Bochkov P. V., priest. Pectoral crosses by master I. V. Zakharova (19th century) // Ipatievsky vestnik. 2023. № 2. Р. 117–129 (In Russian). https:// doi.org/10.24412/2309– 5164–2023–2–117–129